Sash-holder



(No Model.)

s. COLLIN-S. SASH HOLDER.

Patented June 9, 189-1.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL COLLINS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SASH-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. &53,881, dated June 9,1891. Application filed March 17, 1891. Serial No. 385,401; (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same.

Myinvention consists in a novel spring-friction-holding metallic deviceapplied between the window-frame and the edge of the sash, the samebeing applicable to both car-windows and windows of dwellings orotherbuildings, as will be hereinafter described and specificallyclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is afront elevation of awindowframe and a sash, portions of the frame and sash being broken out andsectioned to show my invention more plainly as applied. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the most approved style of construction to beadopted in carrying out my invention, the device being detached from thewindow frame and sash. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of my inventiondetached from the window frame and sash, slightly modified in itsconstruction; and Fig. 4 is abroken horizontal section of a window frameand a sash, as shown in Fig. 1, and of my invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Aindicates a car-window sash provided witha liftinghandle a and a locking bolt mechanism 19, the

latter of which may or may not be employed.

0 indicates a spring friction holding device. This device consists of aflat metal plate d, having screw-holes cl through its ends, transverseslots f f one of Which is of greater area than the other, andcylindrical passages g .midway between the slots, and of an angularmetallic strip D, the right-angular ends D of said strip being narrowerthan the face of the strip and bent down so as to form retaininglips,which are about parallel with the strip proper, as indicated at h. Theseright-angular ends are inserted through the slots ff of the plate d. Theslot f, by being made larger than the slot f, admits ofthis beingreadily eifected. Coinciding with the cylindrical passages g, holes mare swaged in the strip D, and thereby tubular teats n are formed onthis strip.

In the cylindrical passages g cup-shaped devices E are, inserted andretained by lips e, formed on the cups by swaging at their open ends.Into these sockets and around the teats n spiral springs F are applied,as represented. The strip D movesback and forth in the slots ff againstthe spiral springs, and the extent of its movement is limited by meansof shoulders 19, formed on the friction holdingstrip D by the reductionin width of the angular portions D. The action of the spiral springsagainst the strip D produces the necessary force for binding the saidstrip against the window-frame.

In Fig. 1 the device is shown fastened by means of screws 10 to the edgeof the sash A, and a recess G is cut into said edge of the sash toaccommodate the inward movement of the angular ends of the strip D, suchmovement being necessary in order to introduce the sash with thefriction holding device into the groove of the frame 13, and therebycompress the springs F sufficiently to cause them to forcibly bind thestrip D against the frame B, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

In Fig. 2 the strip d is represented as constructed of angle-iron, inwhich notches qare provided to receive the shoulders 19, this givingstrength and stiffness to the strip and making, with the strip D whenthe device is in position on a window frame and sash, a closed jointagainst dust and cinders. other respects the device is the same as inthe other figures.

It will be seen that the lips eof cup-like receptacles E for the ends ofthe springs F and the teats 'n for holding the springs in position areformed in the manufacture of the parts so as to render unnecessary anypins to be used as means for holding the springs in position; also, thatthe angular-lipped strip D,in

In all 7 conjunction with the strip d, can be applied ICO scribed may beapplied at proper distances apart on the frame and sash, as representedin Fig. 1 by full and dotted lines.

I contemplate making the device 0 of a length suflieientto employ onlyone, instead of two, on a sash. I may also employ only one spring F andone means for fastening such spring in position; and it might bepracticable to employ a bow-spring in lieu of the spiral springs betweenthe strips (Z and D, and in such construction the cups E E might bedispensed with, or a bow-spring and spiral springs combined might beused; butI prefer the spiral springs and the means shown for holdingthem in position.

My invention affords a cheap and ready substitute foreords and weightsand other expensive means heretofore devised for holding up sashes, andit also effectually prevents the rattling of the sash.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is- The combination, with the strip (1,having slots ff, and flanged cups E, inserted in the cylindricalpassages formed in said strip,of the angular-Upped strip D, connected byits lips to the strip (7, and the springs F, applied upon swaged teatsof the strip D and in the cups, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

SAMUEL COLLINS.

Witnesses:

LLOYD D. SIMPSON, J OHN G. FORD.

